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Dave Mark is the Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of KiddarMetz LLC and its parent company Kiddar Group Holdings, Inc. Mr. Mark is an investor, entrepreneur, and bestselling author. Mr. Mark was a founding investor in Honest Tea (recently purchased by Coca Cola). He has numerous real estate investments, both residential and commercial.
Along with his duties as Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Mark also manages Kiddar's real estate R&D arm, bringing a technology focus to every Kiddar project.
Mr. Mark has founded and sold a variety of publishing and broadcast ventures, including SpiderWorks Publishing and nationally syndicated radio programs like The David Lawrence Show and the Net Music Countdown. He also was a Vice President at Metrowerks, a provider of embedded and desktop software development tools, when it was purchased by Motorola, Inc. In addition, Mr. Mark has written more than a dozen books on technology, including a number of Amazon bestsellers and a recent #1 programming book in the country, Beginning iPhone Development. Mr. Mark is also a prolific blogger, posting daily about tech topics on The Loop.
Mr. Mark holds a Bachelor's Degree in Advanced Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master's Degree in Computer Science and Computer Engineering from Stanford University.
Robert Morris University in Chicago is now offering a full scholarship, worth $50K, if you make the cut on their League of Legends team. League of Legends is arguably one of the most popular multiplayer online games on the planet. In October, the League of Legends world championships drew 32 million viewers online.
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